Illicit tobacco trade surges across Europe as high taxes feed black markets
Countries with the highest taxes and strictest regulations are suffering the most severe black-market problems.
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Ex-Macronist minister sentenced for tax fraud
Caroline Cayeux, who served as French President Emmanuel Macron’s minister delegate for local authorities in 2022
Family of late German industrialist must pay record €4 billion inheritance tax
The heirs of German business magnate Heinz Hermann Thiele have paid a record amount of almost €4 billion in inheritance taxes.
German FA fined in World Cup tax evasion case
A German court fined on June 25 the domestic football association DFB €130,000 in a tax evasion case linked to suspicious payments around the 2006 World Cup.
France rejects tax hike for ultra-rich; art forger sentenced for duping wealthy
France's Senate rejected a draft law to make the ultra-rich pay at least a 2 per cent tax on their fortunes, as the government sought to cut an alarming deficit.
‘EC tobacco policies will only boost illicit trade,’ expert warns
Government policies on tobacco and nicotine products promoted by the European Commission are inadvertently fuelling the illicit trade, an expert has warned
EPPO indicts suspected ‘€297m VAT fraud’ ring-leader
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has filed an indictment in Latvia against the suspected ringleader of the latest large-scale alleged VAT fraud scheme…
Sportswear icon Adidas caught in EPPO tax evasion probe
Adidas, one of the largest and most recognisable sportswear companies in the world, is suspected of tax evasion and had its offices raided by investigators on the…
Tax fraud investigators search Netflix offices in Paris and Amsterdam
Investigators searched the offices of U.S.
Italy judge seizes 780 mln euros from Airbnb in tax probe
An Italian judge has ordered the seizure of 779.
EU nations lost out on €61 billion in VAT in 2021, EC report finds
European Union Member States lost out on a total of €61 billion in VAT payments in 2021, according to the European Commission VAT Gap Report 2023 released on…
French far-left parliamentarian who railed against tax fraud investigated for tax fraud
French far-left deputy Carlos Martens Bilongo is being investigated by the Pontoise prosecutor’s office for tax fraud, a crime he campaigned against in parliament.